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Freedom of religion in the Palestinian territories
Freedom of religion in the Palestinian territories refers to the freedom to practice Islam, Christianity, Judaism and other religions in the Palestinian territories.
==History==
Approximately 98% of Palestinian residents of the territories are Sunni Muslims. The number of Christians is estimated between 40,000 and 200,000, with Christians primarily belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church, but also to the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Catholic Church, various Protestant churches, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Church, the Coptic Church, Maronite Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Church.〔United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - Israel and the Occupied Territories.〕 Christians live primarily in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Bethlehem, smaller communities exist elsewhere, including Gaza City.
According to municipal officials in Bethlehem, since 2002 approximately 2,800 Christians from the Bethlehem area have left the West Bank for other countries. According to Christian leaders, most left for economic and security reasons. Low birth rates among Palestinian Christians and the effect of the separation barrier also contribute to their shrinking numbers. There is also a community of approximately 400 Samaritans located on Mount Gerazim near Nablus in the West Bank.
Adherents of several denominations of evangelical Christians, as well as members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, reside in the West Bank. Foreign missionaries operate in the Occupied Territories, including a small number o 69 f evangelical Christian pastors who reportedly sought to convert Muslims to Christianity.
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